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Outlook Contacts Update (PATCH) a Contact

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Update the properties of an Outlook contact object.

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bool success = false;

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

//  Use your previously obtained access token here: Get Outlook Contacts OAuth2 Access Token (Azure AD v2.0 Endpoint).

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/outlookContacts.json");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

//  Send the following PATCH:

//  PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{id}
//  Content-type: application/json
//  Content-length: 1977
//  
//  {
//    "homeAddress": {
//      "street": "123 Some street",
//      "city": "Seattle",
//      "state": "WA",
//      "postalCode": "98121"
//    },
//    "birthday": "1974-07-22"
//  }

//  Build the JSON body of the POST.

//  Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: 
//  Generate Code to Create JSON

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("homeAddress.street","123 Some street");
json.UpdateString("homeAddress.city","Seattle");
json.UpdateString("homeAddress.state","WA");
json.UpdateString("homeAddress.postalCode","98121");
json.UpdateString("birthday","1974-07-22");

//  We need the ID of the contact to be updated.
//  This was available in the response when we created the contact:  Create an Outlook Contact.
//  Or you can list contacts to get the ID: List Outlook Contacts).

string id = "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=";
http.SetUrlVar("id",id);

//  Send the HTTP PATCH
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("PATCH","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contacts/{$id}",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("Response status code = " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr);
jResp.EmitCompact = false;
Debug.WriteLine(jResp.Emit());

//  The send succeeded if the response status code = 201.
if (resp.StatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed");
    return;
}

//  Sample JSON response:

//  {
//    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/$metadata#users('4ee732c3-322e-4a6b-b729-2fd1eb5c6004')/contacts/$entity",
//    "@odata.etag": "W/\"EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5\"",
//    "id": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQBGAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FBwBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0sxexAAA=",
//    "createdDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:32:05Z",
//    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-06-29T16:57:39Z",
//    "changeKey": "EQAAABYAAABUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAD0iYu5",
//    "categories": [
//    ],
//    "parentFolderId": "AAMkADYzZWE3YmZmLWU0YzgtNGNkZC04MGE1LWFiYTFlNTRlY2QwYQAuAAAAAAAu7cUXL5YOTrdsUIw7-v8FAQBUcG0qWqkmQYqWLHQataQxAAAAAAEOAAA=",
//    "birthday": "1974-07-22T11:59:00Z",
//    "fileAs": "",
//    "displayName": "Pavel Bansky",
//    "givenName": "Pavel",
//    "initials": null,
//    "middleName": null,
//    "nickName": null,
//    "surname": "Bansky",
//    "title": null,
//    "yomiGivenName": null,
//    "yomiSurname": null,
//    "yomiCompanyName": null,
//    "generation": null,
//    "imAddresses": [
//    ],
//    "jobTitle": null,
//    "companyName": null,
//    "department": null,
//    "officeLocation": null,
//    "profession": null,
//    "businessHomePage": null,
//    "assistantName": null,
//    "manager": null,
//    "homePhones": [
//    ],
//    "mobilePhone": null,
//    "businessPhones": [
//      "+1 732 555 0102"
//    ],
//    "spouseName": null,
//    "personalNotes": "",
//    "children": [
//    ],
//    "emailAddresses": [
//      {
//        "name": "Pavel Bansky",
//        "address": "pavelb@fabrikam.onmicrosoft.com"
//      }
//    ],
//    "homeAddress": {
//      "street": "123 Some street",
//      "city": "Seattle",
//      "state": "WA",
//      "postalCode": "98121"
//    },
//    "businessAddress": {},
//    "otherAddress": {}
//  }

Debug.WriteLine("Contact updated.");